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Corinne
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0 posted 2000-10-26 10:36 PM



Dollop of Dolls  

You thought I was worth keeping
Lined me up with the other
Windup dolls, intertwined organza,
Permanent pink elasticized grins.

But I fell off your collector’s shelf
With a thud, no longer my confidant
Or mental stud, into southern mud
Naked as the day I was assembled.

This might be your view simplified
Could it be, that in reality
You never knew me,
I wasn’t just a doll after all?

© 2000 Corinne Bailey

© Copyright 2000 Corinne - All Rights Reserved
SEA
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1 posted 2000-10-26 10:41 PM


Corinne~ this is fantastic!   -SEA
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2 posted 2000-10-26 10:46 PM


powerful words to set him straight. Good job. If he didn't take the time to see the real you, he is just a blind fool.
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3 posted 2000-10-26 11:00 PM


love it Corinne... its funny but i never cared for dolls when i was little..haa..

                 ~Victoria~


A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
- Paul Valery (1871-1945)


Corinne
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4 posted 2000-10-27 08:51 AM


Thanks, SEA, Ron and Victoria,

This person no longer matters, but it is curious to me how they saw me, or how I must have presented myself at the time...

Corinne

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5 posted 2000-10-27 02:15 PM


Great poem, Corrinne. It's good to hear the person no longer matters. Gives me some hope.
Sandra

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6 posted 2000-10-28 03:47 AM


Oh, I loved this, I had a doll once, and I lost her....

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses
over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey.""
Laurie Lee

Kathleen


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7 posted 2000-10-28 08:05 PM


Corinne, whoever saw you in this light was indeed a fool and if they heard any of your poems they would realise the depth of their error. wondefully written from the heart of a true poet, no doll for sure.  

"an afixiation a fix on anything the line of life the limb of a tree
the hands of he and the promise that s/he is blessed among women".
Patti Smith

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8 posted 2000-10-29 12:30 PM


Well, I seem to have missed this doll of a piece... your one of those rare dolls... the sassy type, a doll with an attitude. Irish Barbie.. lol.

I gotta get me one of those.  

Parker

jonmcm
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9 posted 2000-10-29 01:06 PM


Corinne, I agree with your poem conclusion he was too shallow to have ever known you

'Could it be, that in reality
You never knew me,'

Jon



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10 posted 2000-10-29 01:35 PM


Corinne~
Well, I know a DOLL when I see one -
and you're IT !
Oh, yeah .... and a doll that recites poetry !
Now THAT makes you a collector's item !
~*Marge*~


~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Corinne
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11 posted 2000-10-29 02:24 PM


Catalina moon, in the long run, what is most important is how this person makes you feel, if they make you feel bad about yourself, even part of the time, then they don't deserve you.

Thank you, Irish Rose, a doll is just a plaything, easily replaced...

Brian, how sweet you are. Thank you.

Park, Irish Barbie, aye, long red hair, green eyes and the ability to leap rings of fire, with a blink of the eye, she'll steal your heart then vanish back into the mist of the moors!  Hmmm, maybe Mattel would be interested!

Jon, thank you kindly.

Marge, you got a chuckle out of me with your response! Thanks!  A collector's item, now, does that also make me an antique?  LOL

Corinne

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12 posted 2000-10-29 02:30 PM



Corrine-
   wow...i'm loving this.  
   wonderful write.  

   LOL @ Parker...Irish Barbie...lol.  

   i'm thinkin' maybe Poet Barbie instead...lol.  

   hugs,
   -vicky



  


"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



Mark Bohannan
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13 posted 2000-10-29 02:37 PM


You are definitely not one to be encased in porcelain or plastic.  Think Mattel is ready for a living breathing doll yet?   Wonderful write.
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14 posted 2000-10-29 03:07 PM


Corinne....well, you ARE a doll...and much, much more.

This is really well thought out and presented.....doll  

Corinne
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15 posted 2000-10-29 08:38 PM


Thank you, Vicky, Mark and Deer!

Corinne

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